What strategies or steps do you use when comparing real numbers?

Consider the system: y = 3x + 5 y = ax + b what values for a and b make the system inconsistent? what values for a and b make the system consistent and dependent? explain

Pls! does anybody know a shortcut for answering these types of questions in the future?

Will’s boss has asked him to compile the credit scores of everyone in his department. the data that will collected is shown in the table below. what is the mode of the credit scores in will’s department? (round to the nearest whole point, if applicable.) 634 667 644 892 627 821 857 703 654 a. 667 b. 722 c. 627 d. there is no mode in this group.